Virtual Reality Lab - Universitat de Barcelona

Fear of the dark becomes a frequent problem in infant stage and therefore much of the studies were devoted to treatment in this problem. Different studies show that there are cases where this fear continues until adult ages, where the research and treatments is more limited.

This research project shows the effectiveness of the "fear of the dark treatment based on Virtual Reality". The research process is based on a methodology -a control case n = 1- . During the two sessions of treatment, the subject was exposed to 4 virtual environments. To measure the reduction the symptomatology to fear of the darkness we used an adaptation of the "Experiment of Behavioral Approach to Dark" (PAC), where the pre and post treatment of each session, calculated latency and permanence of the subject in a dark environment real.